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Been constipatied for about 5 days with harder stools (i am eating gf) today ended up having a mushy poop. can constipation cause a mushy poop? thanks
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Yep!: Sometimes there is 'mushy' poop ahead of an impacted, harder portion of stool in the colon. Sometimes the watery, softer poop can 'leak' around the harder, impacted poop.
Answered 9/19/2017
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